202 SHEEP DISEASES. 



Treatment: Immediate change of food. Lambs 

 may be given an ounce of castor oil and several 

 raw eggs. 



17. Tobacco. 



Botanical name Nicotiana. 



Sometimes seen after the use of tobacco or nico- 

 tine dips. 



Symptoms: Great abdominal pain; frothing at 

 the mouth; diarrhea; bloat; convulsions, followed 

 by paralysis, and death within an hour or so after 

 the first symptoms are noticed. 



Treatment: One dram (sixty grains) tannic 

 acid dissolved in a pint of water, to which has been 

 added an ounce of glycerin. Black coffee may also 

 be given. 



18. Digitalis. 



Digitalis poisoning very rarely occurs in sheep, 

 as the digitalis plant, commonly known as fox- 

 glove, is a cultivated drug plant. 



The symptoms are variable and one must know 

 the complete history of the case in order to make 

 a definite diagnosis. 



No cure or antidote is known, although the tan- 

 nic acid drench may be given a trial. 



19. Turpentine. 



In the western range sections sometimes when 

 the sheep are almost famished and food is scarce 

 they will eat enough shoots of young evergreen 

 trees to cause turpentine poisoning. 



